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National Institute of Design - NID

Paldi,  Ahmedabad, India  380 007

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NID ,internationally recognized as one of the foremost multi-disciplinary institutions in the field of design and as a catalyst for design interventions in India industry, commerce and development sector, has made several new initiatives at the beginning of the 21st  century to meet the challenges of the emerging knowledge economy.

Design is now being recognized as an integrating force and strategic tool for competitive advantage apart from being accepted as a value adding force capable of solving problems and creating new opportunities. NID is playing a key role in creating abridge between designer, manufacturer, media and policy makers  on one side and the users on the other.

NID ADMISSION PROCEDURE 2007-2008

The institute is poised to play a critical role in ushering in a congenial design environment in the country, so that “designed in India and made for the world” becomes a reality.

GRADUATE DIPLOMA PROGRAM IN DESIGN (GDPD)

This 4-year intensive professional programme is offered in the following disciplines under its three Faculty streams:

Industrial Design:                  Product Design, Furniture & Interior Design and Ceramic & Glass Design
Communication Design:       Graphic Design, Animation Film Design, Film & Video Communication  and  Exhibition Design                                                                                                                                                                                              Textile and Apparel Design: Textile Design, Integrated Programme in Textile and Apparel Design Upper age limit for candidates is 20 year relaxable by 3 year for SC/ST candidates.

POST-GRADUATE  DIPLOMA  PROGRAMME  IN  DESIGN (PPGDPD)  

This 2 ˝ year programme is offered in the following specific areas of specialization in 14 disciplines. Candidates having a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in the areas mentioned in the brackets are eligible to apply:

INDUSRIAL DESIGN 

1. Product Design :
  (Engineering/Architecture)
2. Furniture & Interior Design :  (Engineering/Architecture/Interior Design)
3. Ceramic &Glass Design :
(Engineering/Architecture/Ceramic & Glass Technology/Fine Arts (Sculpture) 
4. Toy Design & Development : (Engineering/Architecture/Industrial Design/Child development/Interior Design/Accessory Design)

COMMUNICATIONAL DESIGN  

5. Graphic Design
 : Fine Arts(Painting)/Applied Arts/Architecture)
6. Animation Film Design :
(Fine Arts /Applied Arts/Design/Architecture/Communication Media/Film &TV/Mass Media)  
7. Film & Video Communication :
Humanities/Arts or graduate in any other discipline with a proven inclination in visual and communication arts)

TEXTILE & APPAREL DESIGN


8. Textile Design :
 (Fine Arts/Applied Arts/Textile/Handloom Technology/ Textile/Knitwear/Fashion Design/Home Science with Textile& clothing)
9. Apparel Design & Merchandising :
(Fine Arts/Applied Arts/Textile/Knitwear/Fashion Design or graduates   in any other disciplines with proven proficiency in drawing / garment construction/presentation)
10. Lifestyle Accessory Design
 (Fine Arts /Applied Arts /Design/Architecture/Interior Design / Accessory Design and relevant disciplines in Engineering)

I.T. INTEGRATED DESIGN

11.  New Media* : (Fine Arts /Applied Arts/Design/Engineering/Architecture/Communication Media/Computer Applications)
12. Software &User Interface Design* : (Computer Science/Information Technology/Applied Psychology/ Architecture/Accessory Design/relevant Engineering disciplines)
13. Information Design*:
(Fine Arts/Architecture/Computer Applications/Information Technology/Mass Media/relevant Engineering disciplines)

INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN STUDIES

 
14. Strategic Design Management*
: (Fine Arts/Humanities/Science/Engineering/Technology, With work Experience of 2 years)

*(Programmes at Sr. Nos. 11, 12, 13, & 14 are of 2 years’ duration)
Upper age limit for candidates is 25 years (relax able by 3 years for SC/ST candidates ). The Institute
reserves its right to cancel any of these programmes

Admission tests for eligible candidates for GDPD and the PGDPD will be held in the second week of January every year. Candidates selected from these admission tests will be called for studio tests and interviews at NID campus, Ahmedbad in April/May . NID’ s academic year commences in June.Candidates should have appeared in their respective qualifying examinations by that time. The medium of instruction at NID in English.

Adequate number of free ships offered by NID/Food Foundation will be available to the deserving and disadvantaged candidates . These scholarships are of the approximate value of tuition fee payable or part thereof.

The information given above are as in 2005-2006 academic year and is subject to change. Detailed  information on admission for 2006-07 will be a available on NID website www.nid.edu at the end of September 2005.

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